The following is an excerpt from "The B-52s' Cosmic Thing" by Pete Crighton and available now from Bloomsbury.

By rejecting the bombast of 80s pop, the late singer-songwriter’s track has endured, and thereby perfectly captures the nostalgic feelings at the heart of Christmas ...

Series record: Browns lead 13-10. Last meeting: Bills won 31-23 on Nov. 20, 2022, at Detroit. Last week: Bills beat Patriots ...

Dec. 23 1933 — Montreal’s Howie Morenz scores his 251st goal to become the NHL’s career goal-scoring leader. Morenz’s goal caps the Canadiens’ 3-0 victory over the Detroit Red Wings.

FIFA announced the start times for the tournament’s 104 matches on Saturday, a day after the draw for the expanded 48-nation ...

On Dec. 17, 1975, a federal jury in Sacramento sentenced Lynette Alice "Squeaky" Fromme to life in prison for her attempted ...

The fan favourite and one of the grand dames of the Sydney to Hobart fleet, the 1974 and 1978 overall winner Love & War, raced off with an extraordinary third win in 2011 when sailed by a group of old ...

Huddersfield's disappointing League One campaign continued as they were held to a draw at home to Wigan. The first half was a drab affair with both sides taking a cautious approach, but the Terriers ...

Anthony Geary, who rose to fame in the 1970s and ‘80s as half of the daytime TV super couple Luke and Laura on “General ...

Future Tulane head coach Will Hall’s father, Bobby, is a big Ole Miss Rebels fan but he’s all in for the Green Wave in the CFP game in Oxford, Mississippi.